Nicky's Birthday Camera

I saw this movie (twice) at BIFF in Brooklyn. I didn't know anything about it, and I must say it caught me by surprise. It was a very small audience and I met the filmmakers:very cool and smart people. For the first time, I want to go out and tell everyone SEE THIS MOVIE! Not that it's big, or glamorous,or the greatest movie ever made. But it's exactly what independent films should be. It sucks you in like quicksand. At first, I was like "this is a frickin' home movie! What's up with that?" The music, the photography, the acting all work together perfectly to make you think it's a really simple film. But it's not. NICKY'S BIRTHDAY CAMERA makes you laugh right up until the minute it makes you cry...and that's only the beginning. It gets weird, man! But it's totally unpretentious. It's not a filmmakers film. It's not hip or slick or cool. There's no nudity, but it's totally sexual. There's a very small scene of minor violence, but it absolutely knocks you on your ass. It's like some midwestern, or Scandinavian family reunion that goes...well, wrong. This movie could make a ton of money in the right hands. Let's hope it happens. And as a woman, just let me say, few things could make me feel more than the things in this movie. By the end, I didn't know what to feel-but I couldn't stop feeling. Wow...